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Soldiers of the Regiment

Private Thomas Eric Birchall


Collection of photographs relating to the service of Private Thomas Eric Birchall, number 22436278, 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, December 1950 – December 1952


Private Thomas Eric Birchall, Osnabruck, Germany. 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment.
Accession Number: KO3078/01


Private Thomas Eric Birchall (centre) and two other soldiers. Osnabruck, Germany. 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment.
Accession Number: KO3078/02


Private Thomas Eric Birchall with life jacket, Osnabruck, Germany. 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment.
Accession Number: KO3078/03


Group of four soldiers with Private Thomas Eric Brichall second from the left, Osnabruck, Germany. 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment.
Accession Number: KO3078/04


Group of five soldiers with Private Thomas Eric Birchall, in the centre of the three standing soldiers, Osnaburck, Germany. 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment.
Accession Number: KO3078/05


Private Thomas Eric Birchall, sat in a Bren Gun Carrier, Osnabruck, Germany. 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment.
Accession Number: KO3078/06


Private Thomas Eric Birchall, sat in a Bren Gun Carrier, Osnabruck, Germany. 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment.
Accession Number: KO3078/07


Private Thomas Eric Birchall, Osnabruck, Germany. 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment.
Accession Number: KO3078/08


Private Thomas Eric Birchall, Osnabruck, Germany and two German children. 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment.
Accession Number: KO3078/09


Private Thomas Eric Birchall, Osnabruck, Germany sat on the front of a Jeep. 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment.
Accession Number: KO3078/10


Private Thomas Eric Birchall on the right, and ‘Ron’ at Osnabruck, Germany, Jul 1952. 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment.
Accession Number: KO3078/11


Five soldiers and Bren gun carrier, including Private Thomas Eric Birchall stood on the left, Osnabruck, Germany. Exercise Holdfast, Sep 1952. 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment.
Accession Number: KO3078/12


Group of eight soldiers of the 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, Germany, Exercise Holdfast, Sep 1952, with Private Thomas Eric Birchall in the centre of the rear row.
Accession Number: KO3078/13


Two soldiers of the 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, with Private Thomas Eric Brichall on the right.
Photograph by T L Fuller, Amesbury
Accession Number: KO3078/14


Private Thomas Eric Birchall, at Belfast Barracks, Osnabruck, Germany, Aug 1952. 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment.
Accession Number: KO3078/15


Group of six soldiers of the 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, with rifles. Including Private Thomas Eric Birchall.
Photograph by T L Fuller, Amesbury
Accession Number: KO3078/16


Group of twenty two soldiers of the 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment sat on a Bren Gun Carrier.
Photograph by T L Fuller, Amesbury.
Accession Number: KO3078/17


Group of six soldiers of the South Lancashire Regiment, including Private Thomas Eric Birchall, front middle, who later transferred to the 1st Battalion, King’s Own.
Accession Number: KO3078/18


Group photograph with a mix of cap badges, including some of the King’s Own Royal Regiment
Accession Number: KO3078/19


Two soldiers, one named as William 'Billy' Cartledge, of the 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, probably at Osnabruck, Germany, circa 1952
Accession Number: KO3079/01


Unidentified soldiers of the 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, probably at Osnabruck, Germany, circa 1952
Accession Number: KO3079/02


Unidentified soldiers of the 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, probably at Osnabruck, Germany, circa 1952
Accession Number: KO3079/03


Two unidentified soldiers of the 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, probably at Osnabruck, Germany, circa 1952
Accession Number: KO3079/04


Group of soldiers of the 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, at Osnabruck, Germany, circa 1952, with two trucks. Vehicle registration number 83 RC 05
Accession Number: KO3079/05


Five soldiers of the 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, at Osnabruck, Germany, circa 1952 with two trucks. Vehicle registration number 83 RC 05
Accession Number: KO3079/06


The Square, Belfast Barracks, Osnabruck, Germany, Sep 1952
Accession Number: KO3079/07


Group of soldiers of the 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, at Osnabruck, Germany, circa 1952, at tented camp.
Accession Number: KO3079/08


Group of soldiers of the 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, at Osnabruck, Germany, circa 1952 both inside and outside a truck. Vehicle registration number 54 RF 04.
Accession Number: KO3079/09


Group of five soldiers of the 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, within barracks at Osnabruck, Germany, circa 1952.
Accession Number: KO3079/10


Group of eight soldiers of the 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, Germany, Exercise Holdfast, Sep 1952, with Private Thomas Eric Birchall in the centre of the rear row.
Accession Number: KO3079/11


Two unidentified soldiers of the 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, probably at Osnabruck, Germany, circa 1952
Accession Number: KO3079/12


Three unidentified soldiers and William 'Billy' Cartledge on the left, of the 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, probably at Osnabruck, Germany, circa 1952
Accession Number: KO3079/13


Army truck with a soldier of the 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, peering out of the cab, Osnabruck, circa 1952. Vehicle registration number 83 RC 62
Accession Number: KO3079/14


Group of soldiers of the 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, Osnabruck, circa 1952, with oars and life jackets.
Accession Number: KO3079/15


Group of soldiers of the 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, Osnabruck, circa 1952, with oars and life jackets.
Accession Number: KO3079/16


Army truck, vehicle registration number 83 RC 62, in the camp of the 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, peering out of the cab, Osnabruck, circa 1952.
Accession Number: KO3079/17


Three unidentified soldiers, including a corporal, of the 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, Osnabruck, circa 1952.
Accession Number: KO3079/18


Group of soldiers of the 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, Osnabruck, circa 1952.
Accession Number: KO3079/19


Unidentified corporal of the 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, Osnabruck, circa 1952
Accession Number: KO3079/20


Group of soldiers of the 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, Osnabruck, circa 1952, taking part in Operation Holdfast, Sep 1952
Accession Number: KO3079/21


Unidentified soldier of the 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, Osnabruck, circa 1952, next to a bren gun carrier.
Accession Number: KO3079/22


Entrance to Belfast Barracks, Osnabruck, Germany, circa 1952. Showing battalion sign and camp sign.
Accession Number: KO3079/23


Belfast Barracks, Osnabruck, Germany, circa 1952.
Accession Number: KO3079/24


Three unidentified soldiers, including a corporal, of the 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, Osnabruck, circa 1952.
Accession Number: KO3079/25


Private Gordie Connel of the 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, Osnabruck, Germany, circa 1952. At the rear of the truck, vehicle registration number 83 RC 51
Accession Number: KO3079/26


Ron and Ted Perry, of the 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, Osnabruck, Germany, circa 1952.
Accession Number: KO3079/27


Private Fred Scarisbrick, of the 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, Osnabruck, Germany, circa 1952.
Accession Number: KO3079/28


Unidentified soldier of the 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, sat on motorcycle, registration number 28 YA 02, as part of Operation Holdfast, 1952,
Accession Number: KO3079/29


Group of soldiers of the 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, at Osnabruck, Germany, circa 1952, probably during an exercise.
Accession Number: KO3079/30


Group of soldiers of the 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, Osnabruck, circa 1952, taking part in Operation Holdfast, Sep 1952
Accession Number: KO3079/31


Private Tom McDonough and a GSO Guard, 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, Osnabruck, circa 1952.
Accession Number: KO3079/32


Entrance to the NAAFI Club, Osnabruck, Germany, circa 1952.
Accession Number: KO3079/33


The Globe Cinema, Osnabruck, Germany, circa 1952.
Posters advertise: ‘Just this Once’ a 1952 commedy starring Janet Leigh, Peter Lawford and Lewis Stone; ‘The Frogmen’ a 1952 American film starring Richard Widmark, Dana Andrews and Gary Merrill; and one which is difficult to read, like ‘Under Attack Pacific’.
Accession Number: KO3079/34


Unidentified soldier of the 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment with two German girls, during Operation Holdfast, 1952
Accession Number: KO3079/35


Captioned on the rear ‘Pete in his bikini again’ 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, Osnabruck, 1952.
Accession Number: KO3079/36


‘Ron, Nivea and Carrier, 1952’ Two soldiers of the 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, in a Bren gun carrier, Belfast Barracks, Osnabruck, circa 1952
Accession Number: KO3079/37


Unidentified soldier of the 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, inside barrack room, Osnabruck, 1952
Accession Number: KO3079/38


Unidentified soldier of the 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, inside barrack room, Osnabruck, 1952
Accession Number: KO3079/39


Collection of photographs relating to the service of Private Thomas Eric Birchall, number 22436278, 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, Dec 1950 – Dec 1952
Tank moving through water with four soldiers on the tank. Osnabruck, 1952.
Accession Number: KO3079/40


‘Phil in the room, Aug 1952’ 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment
Accession Number: KO3079/41


Road side shrine/memorial with the wording “Hat Du Weg Zur Mutter geh is the so hilft sie Dir” Germany Apr 1952
Accession Number: KO3079/42


River Rhine, Aug 1952
Accession Number: KO3079/43


Bridge at Osnabruck, 1952
Accession Number: KO3079/44


Road side shrine/memorial with the wording.
Operation Holdfast, Germany, Sep 1952
Accession Number: KO3079/45


Road side memorial. Hamburg, Jun 1952
Accession Number: KO3079/46


River Rhine, Aug 1952
Accession Number: KO3079/47


Memorial featuring a German soldier, Germany, 1952
Accession Number: KO3079/48


Church, Osnabruck, Germany, 1952
Accession Number: KO3079/49


Building, Osnabruck, Germany, 1952
Accession Number: KO3079/50


Road roundabout, Osnabruck, 1952, with signposts to Hanover and Minden; Bremen and Diepholz; Oldenburg.
Accession Number: KO3079/51


View of street in Osnabruck, 1952
Accession Number: KO3079/52


Street scene, Osnabruck, 1952 with signposts to Oldenburg; Bremen and Hanover; Bielfeld and Gutersloh; Munster.
Accession Number: KO3079/53

 

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